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The surname Valverde

A Spanish surname, carried by 8,737 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V416

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valverde is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Valverde.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,737 people named Valverde in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,338 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,628.

#4,065
rank among US surnames
8,737
people in 2010
3.0
per 100,000 Americans
+31.8%
change since 2000 (was #4,863)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#4,056Munn8,75135,281
#4,057Iniguez8,75035,285
#4,058Marquardt8,74935,289
#4,059Szymanski8,74835,293
#4,060Scully8,74735,297
#4,061Conte8,74435,309
#4,062Provost8,74235,317

Who is named Valverde

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Valverde identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
  • White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Valverdes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Ísis Valverde
    Brazilian actress, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Valverde

Valverde has the Soundex code V416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V416.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Valverde come from?
From Spanish Valverde.
How common is the surname Valverde?
8,737 people in the United States had the surname Valverde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,338 Americans. It ranked 4,065th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valverde?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Valverde identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Valverde?
Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress.
Where is the surname Valverde most common?
Wikidata records people named Valverde in Brazil.
Is the surname Valverde getting more or less common?
More common. 6,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,737 in 2010, up 32%.